Yacoubian Joins Stimson To Lead New “Pathways To Progress” Project
…Blog on Marshall Plan for Arab Spring nations. Other analysis includes: Seismic Shift: Understanding Change in the Middle East, Stimson Center, May 2011, https://www.stimson.org/images/uploads/research-pdfs/Full_Pub_-_Seismic_Shift.pdf “Saving Syria from Civil War,”…
Time to Consider a Trilateral Asian ABM Treaty

…2001), https://www.stimson.org/images/uploads/research-pdfs/SABMDBasrur.pdf. See also Ashley Tellis, “The Evolution of U.S.-Indian Ties: Missile Defense in an Emerging Strategic Relationship,” International Security 30, no. 4 (2006): 113-151. [13] “Pakistan Conducts Successful Test…
An Evolving Agenda for the Quad

…Indo-Pacific construct, technology issues vis-a-vis China are considered critical to its agenda. 20Note: G7, Cornwall, UK, June 2021, https://www.g7uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Summary-of-Carbis-Bay-G7-Summit-Communique-PDF-248KB-2-Pages.pdf. Reuters Staff, “UK seeks alliance to avoid reliance on Chinese tech:…
Red Cell: The Chimera of Technological Superiority

…thus levels the playing field and shifts development to commercial markets. Today, private U.S. companies, such as Google, SpaceX, Amazon, and OpenAI, spend more on the research and development of…
China’s Activities In Southeast Asia And The Implications For U.S. Interests
…problem for legitimate American and Southeast Asian interests, including freedom of navigation, access to rich undersea oil and gas deposits, and the cooperative and sustainable development of other seabed resources,…
North Africa Weekly: September 24, 2025

…Hear directly from experts, regional voices, and thought leaders shaping North Africa’s future. Google’s Managing Director for Africa on Digital Transformation Google announced four new African hubs to connect subsea…
AI Race: The Promise and Perils of Techno-Utopians

…of engineered consensus, where politics and consent of the governed disappear alongside human agency. No wonder some in the industry, like Google CEO Sundar Pichai, support integrating social scientists, philosophers,…
The Origins of the Minerva Initiative

…Post, April 13, 2009, A15. As scholars began to drift away from policy-relevant research, policy makers sought expertise elsewhere. The web of advisors in and around the capitol thickened, ranging…